Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ot...(展开全部)

Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ot...(展开全部)

贝塔妮•休斯（Bettany Hughes） 屡获殊荣的历史学家、作家，英国ZUI具影响力的媒体BBC主持人，专长是古代及中世纪历史与文化。贝塔妮长年在牛津大学和剑桥大学任教，还曾在康奈尔大学、布里斯托大学、加州大学洛杉矶分校等地开设讲座，曾获颁萨金德教育奖、英国历史学会的梅德利科历史奖。她目前也在伦敦国王学院担任研究员和伦敦新人文学院的客座教授。贝塔妮的首部著作《特洛伊的海伦》（Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore）被译为十国语言，广受好评；第二部作品《毒堇之杯》（The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life）不但是《纽约时报》畅销书，还获得英国作家协会奖。此外，她也为英国广播公司、国家地理频道、Discovery、历史...(展开全部)

《A Tale of Two Cities(双城记)》内容简介：狄更斯（1812-1870），英国十九世纪文豪。《双城记》堪称他迟暮之年的巅峰之作。法国大革命时期，名医马奈特偶然目睹了封建贵族埃弗瑞蒙德兄弟草营人命的暴行，因为打抱不平，反被投入巴士底狱，监禁了十八年。出狱后，马奈特之女露茜却与仇家的儿子达奈堕入情网。于是，在法国革命的旋涡中，一幕幕家族的恩怨情仇隆重上演，善、恶、生、死在冲突中交融，在转瞬间变换……《双城记》结构严整，语言凝练，狄更斯对革命与人性的深度思考和令人叹为观止的写作才华，在其中得到了淋漓尽致的展现。 The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growi...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Maxwell.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

《A Tale of Two Cities(双城记)》内容简介：狄更斯（1812-1870），英国十九世纪文豪。《双城记》堪称他迟暮之年的巅峰之作。法国大革命时期，名医马奈特偶然目睹了封建贵族埃弗瑞蒙德兄弟草营人命的暴行，因为打抱不平，反被投入巴士底狱，监禁了十八年。出狱后，马奈特之女露茜却与仇家的儿子达奈堕入情网。于是，在法国革命的旋涡中，一幕幕家族的恩怨情仇隆重上演，善、恶、生、死在冲突中交融，在转瞬间变换……《双城记》结构严整，语言凝练，狄更斯对革命与人性的深度思考和令人叹为观止的写作才华，在其中得到了淋漓尽致的展现。 The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growi...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

在线阅读本书 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Maxwell.

Dickens's classic tale of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and chronicles a starving people who rise in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. This 150th anniversary edition features a new Afterword. Revised reissue.